Optimization and Sustainability: Theory and Practice

This book will detail and describe the interaction between engineering optimization and sustainability. The limited resources of supplies, materials, capacity, energy, etc. will affect the sustainable developments. The efficient distribution and allocation of these resources is the key to sustainability and mathematical methods of optimization should be most effective for this development. This book will bring an insight into minimization of resources usage and maximization of benefits for sustainable development. The book will be very contemporary and relevant for present day environment and technology, and will also contain problems, solutions, and examples from various engineering fields.